Charles Maturin

Charles Robert Maturin was born in Dublin on 25 September 1780, or in 1782 according to other sources, into a family descended from Huguenots who had taken refuge in Ireland. A graduate of Trinity College in 1800, ordained in 1803, he was curate at Loughrea, then at St Peter's Church in Dublin until his death. His father lost a post office job in 1809; as a curate's stipend was not enough to feed his wife and their four children, he took in students as a tutor and wrote, at first under a false name. He died at his house in York Street, Dublin, on 30 October 1824.

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